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Sam @smknigh.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

We managed to remove 11 bags of multiflora rose stems that were climbing up a tamarack/larch tree and up two white spruces. Such relief to free these trees from this invasion, especially the tamarack that was getting choked out.

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Ken Donnelly🇨🇦 @novaken.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Never let anything loose into the wild that has lived in your aquarium or pond.

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Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant @ilinseagrant.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Educators: registration closes tomorrow (July 8) for the Earth Systems: A Great Lakes Perspective workshop at Indiana Dunes. Two days of hands-on Project WET activities focused on water and the Great Lakes. Great for PD hours. Register today: www.simpletix.com/e/earth-syst...

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Earth Systems: A Great Lakes Perspective Tickets | Dunes Learning Center

Dunes Learning Center, Indiana Department of Natural Resources/Division of Fish & Wildlife, National Great Rivers, and Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant have teamed up to offer a two-day, water-themed worksh...

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WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · 22/03/2026

The Swift Fox vanished from Canada by the 1930s - but it's back in Alberta and Saskatchewan thanks to conservation efforts. But with grasslands disappearing fast, there's still work to do. Key Biodiversity Areas are giving this fox a fighting chance 🦊🌾 Visit kbacanada.org to learn more about KBAs 🪽

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Sierra Magazine @sierramagazine.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Thanks to the strides made during the Biden administration, traditional ecological knowledge is finally being represented alongside Western science. On Montana's CSKT Bison Range, that knowledge is being used to maintain healthy forests, waterways, and wildlife populations. 🌎

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When Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Science Meet, Good Things Happen

Tribal leaders and climate coordinators are working together to protect lands and waterways

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Nicolas Mouquet @nmouquet.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

‪ 🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲 👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity! Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚 🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪

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Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions @picscanada.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Fire ecologist @kirahoffman.bsky.social has been honoured by the National Geographic Society as one of its 2026 visionary changemakers. Hoffman, a long-time PICS collaborator, works with First Nations to revive cultural burning and prevent wildfire. www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/nat-...

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Learn Dirt @learndirt.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Let things flower a little longer to support pollinators and beneficials.

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Erin 🌱 @wearegonnafindout.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

I recommend the #nativeplants feed very much right now. Our buds in the Southeast are sharing some lovely spring ephemeral flowers. 🌿 bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Forest Invasion Synthesis Centre, Prague @forestinvasion.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Researchers are gathering in Prague for the in-person meeting of the FISC Working Group on transient impacts of invasive species. More info: www.forestinvasion.cz/working-grou... #InvasionEcology #BiologicalInvasions #ForestScience

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Peter Head @peterheadcbe.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Offshore wind energy and reefs around the towers offer an unprecedented opportunity to reverse loss of native oysters and restore balance to the ocean. www.nature.org/en-us/what-w...

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How Offshore Wind Can Restore Europe's Lost Oyster Reefs

Europe's offshore wind expansion offers a unique chance to restore native oyster reefs—uniting clean energy, climate action, and ocean habitat recovery.

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Liz Koziol @lizkoziol.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

I was honored to be an invited speaker at this year’s Grassland Restoration Network meeting! 🌾 I shared our work on using native inoculants to boost diversity in seed-based restorations—and learned so much from the community of practitioners & researchers. #RestorationEcology #Grasslands

Fields tours of restoration projects at Shawnee mission Park

Plant geeks dorking out over a rare Eryngium native plant

The group saw lots of legumes during plot tours of this prairie remnant in NE Kansas

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IPBES @ipbes.net · 09/08/2025

Indigenous and local knowledge can shape transformative change.🌏🧪 Many Indigenous Peoples and local communities have views and practices aligned with a just & sustainable world. Their ethics of care and values inspire equitable & inclusive change. .— @ipbes.net #TransformativeChange Assessment

A vibrant moment from the Chumash Day Pow Wow and Inter-tribal Gathering at Malibu Bluffs Park, celebrating 24 years of tradition. A participant in traditional attire, adorned with colorful feathers, intricate beadwork, and a bright floral headband, performs a ceremonial ritual surrounded by smoke, reflecting cultural richness and spiritual connection.

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Invasives Ken 🇨🇦 @invasivesken.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Restrictions on activities in the woods has shut down our watercraft inspection and decontamination program and other activities. We fully support the Premier. The drought has resulted in extreme risk of wildfire. The Nova Scotia Invasive Species Council will resume activities when it is safe.

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Invasives Ken 🇨🇦 @invasivesken.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

I will be talking invasive species on CBC’s Information Morning - Cape Breton at 8:15 AM.

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Eric R. Larson @ericrlarson.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Another example of the power of environmental DNA (eDNA): a positive eDNA detection led to the rediscovery of a freshwater mussel not found live in Illinois for over a century. New student-led, open access paper in Ecology with @markdavis79.bsky.social at doi.org/10.1002/ecy....

A four panel figure showing (a) a biologist wading in a turbid river with a water sample, (b) a real-time or quantitative PCR amplification plot with a positive environmental DNA detection, (c) a biologist searching concrete riprap on a river bank, and (d) two freshwater mussels that have been marked for future monitoring and recapture.

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Corey Bradshaw @conservbytes.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Impressive! Status of the South Australian Feral #Deer Eradication programme now in its 3rd year - 25,777 deer shot in 3 years - population halved in that time All for nought however if deer farms keep leaking animals into the environment #InvasiveSpecies #FeralDeer #Cervids

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Graeme Cumming @gscumming.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

I am looking for a PhD student to start Feb 2026 on an Australia-South African collab project looking at protected area & SES resilience. Fully funded + international applicants welcome. Pls send CV & half-page motivation if interested. Relevant background + degree essential. www.resilient-ways.com

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Resilient WAys | coastal resilience

Resilient-WAys provides information about Coastal Resilience research by WA Premier's Science Fellows Prof. Graeme S. Cumming and Dr. Abbie Rogers. We are based in the Oceans Institute of the Universi...

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David Nogués Bravo @noguesbravo.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Would you like to come to work with us here at @Macroecology ? The Center is opening six new positions! macroecology.ku.dk/people/posit...

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Open Positions

Positions and vacancies at the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate

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Jonathan Tonkin @jdtonkin.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

And their ecological impacts are much more widespread and diverse than is often communicated. Here, I try to put the record straight. I do so while describing a recent paper of ours that introduces a new categorisation of 19 impacts types that invasive species have across ecological hierarchies.

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ISBE2026 @isbe2026.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

The Local Organizing Commitee welcomes behavioral ecologists from across the world and of all career stages to enjoy a five-day meeting rich in top-notch science and ample networking opportunities in Turin (Italy), 20-24 July 2026.

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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Our take-home message from this detection is this: 6/6

It took EAB less than 30 years to successfully invade Canada. The first infestations in Windsor, Ontario likely established in the late 1990s and we hypothesise that EAB invaded Vancouver prior to 2020. Our finding suggest that other, undetected populations of emerald ash borer may exist in other jurisdictions between those in western North America and the wellestablished populations in eastern North America. The quick identification of initial adult in Vancouver 2023 and subsequent delimitation efforts that we document here shows that the collaborative efforts of Canada’s National Plant Protection Organization (i.e., the CFIA), researchers and municipalities to manage EAB can have positive outcomes in the remaining areas of Canada where the insect has not yet been detected. The reporting of the initial adult by Mr. Short also highlights the role of public involvement in invasive species detection (Price-Jones et al. 2022; Roe et al. 2024). That EAB has been in Vancouver for some time suggests efforts in Canada to mitigate the spread of EAB had low effectiveness (Hope et al. 2021). The obvious success of a population in Vancouver, and the continued existence of a population in Winnipeg, Manitoba and other communities in Canada, also suggests that recent development models (Barker et al. 2023) for EAB may be inadequate for making predictions about the potential range of EAB in Canada.

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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

New paper from us describing the detection and delimitation of emerald ash borer in Vancouver, Canada. www.reabic.net/journals/bir... (first article) #Bioinvasions 1/6

The trunk of an ash tree with many emerald ash borer galleries

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

In 2023, I wrote an article in IAGLR's Lakes Letter bulletin that expressed cautious optimism about our ability to reduce invasion rates in aquatic ecosystems. Success requires strict enforcement & monitoring of evidence-based policy. Cooperation among stakeholders is crucial. t.co/St0KNZNd8f

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Anson Mackay (they/them) @ans.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

This is a super-interesting post on the distinctions within groups of organisms that are non-native, of which some will be invasive. Understanding their complex imteractions and impacts is key to their management #biodiversity 🧪

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IPBES @ipbes.net · 29/06/2025

🌴The tropics help to sustain life as we know it, but are under immense pressure. From land-use change to resource extraction, these ecosystems face a variety of challenges. @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment On #TropicsDay, let’s remember that conserving biodiversity-rich areas is essential.🌎🧪

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Invasives Ken 🇨🇦 @invasivesken.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

This invasive fish was likely released into the wild by an aquarium enthusiast. If you have a plant or animal you no longer want or can no longer care for, contact your pet store to see if they will take it. Never release it into the wild.

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Invasive fish species reported in Nova Scotia for first time, DFO says | CBC News

A single egg-bearing Oriental weatherfish, also known as pond loach, was discovered in Morgans Falls last month, according to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

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Invasives Ken 🇨🇦 @invasivesken.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Invasive species in Nova Scotia are getting quite a bit of attention. The Chinese Mystery Snail, was likely released into the wild by people who no longer want them in their aquariums. If you no longer want an aquarium plant or animal, contact your local pet store for help. Don’t Let it Loose!

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Invasive snail creeps up on Nova Scotia lakes, ponds | CBC News

The Chinese mystery snail may look big for an aquatic snail, but it's fairly unassuming. But the invasive species can outcompete other snails and even change the water quality of a pond or lake.

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barbisblue @barbisblue.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

They are also known to carry parasites and pathogens that are harmful to both wildlife and humans, according to the Nova Scotia Invasive Species Council. The pond loach is a common aquarium species and likely was released into the ecosystem, which is illegal in Canada, officials said.

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Experts issue warning about invasive fish that can survive out of water

An invasive species of fish that can live out of the water has been found lurking in Canada, experts warn.

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Invasives Ken 🇨🇦 @invasivesken.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

I have opened a professional account to create some separation from my personal ramblings. Expect postings about invasives species, with an emphasis on Canada and Nova Scotia.

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